Description

JPMC's Malware Analysis and Applied Discovery (MAAD) team is a highly technical team specializing in analyzing malware targeting the firm and organizations around the world, while expanding the firm's cyber monitoring capabilities into new and exciting areas. We're looking for a self-motivated junior analyst with an insatiable curiosity toward all things cyber to join our team. You'll spend a majority of your time designing, developing, and building innovative capabilities, while also hunting threats, investigating anomalies, and analyzing malware, with mentoring provided by senior members of our team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducting malware analysis and reverse engineering of suspicious code
• Performing deep dive technical analysis of cyberattack tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
• Developing signatures to identify malware families, actor techniques, and other noteworthy code sequences
• Automating malware analysis and intelligence gathering processes
• Hunting for novel samples, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and actor TTPs in internal and external datasets
• Researching threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits to enhance monitoring and detection capabilities
• Partnering with the Incident Response (IR) teams to understand incidents and support technical analysis of malicious cyber events
• Documenting and presenting findings in comprehensive technical analysis reports
• Communicating effectively with business representatives, technology specialists, and vendors
• Assisting peer analysts in the production and dissemination of intelligence reports
• Contributing technical expertise and Cybersecurity perspectives to discussions regarding JPMC global technology infrastructure

Desired Qualifications:

• Basic coding (scripting) experience (i.e. Python, C, JavaScript, VBScript, etc.)
• Familiarity with Cloud platforms (i.e. AWS, Azure, etc.) and Virtualization technologies (i.e VMWare)
• Experience with some of the following: SIEM, SOAR, OSINT, IDA Pro, Ghidra, BinaryNinja, Wireshark, Jupyter, SQL, YARA, AWS Lambda
• A firm belief in doing what's right and following ethical practices
• Foundational understanding of Forensics, Log Analysis, Incident Response and / or Threat and Fraud Intelligence
• Knowledge in Operating Systems (i.e. Windows, Linux, Mac, Mobile), processor architectures (i.e. x86, x64), and computer networking
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to understand complex problems while formally presenting them simplistically

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.